[31 Days of Halloween 2015: CRIMSON PEAK is now playing limited theatrical engagements and is
available for sale and rent on various digital platforms.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
*Note: As with last year’s 31 Days of Halloween marathon of
horror movie reviews, we’ll be diving deep into the new release section looking
for modern horror fare, hoping for the best, but frankly expecting the worst.*
The laughs, gross-outs, and killer riffs fly at a furious
pace in DEATHGASM, a headbanging
horror-comedy from New Zealand. We see the story unfold through the eyes of
teenage metalhead Brodie (Milo Cawthorne), who gets sent to live with his
fundamentalist Christian Aunt and Uncle and their jock son after his meth-head
mom is jailed for solicitation. The only bright spot is the killer record store
in town, where Brodie meets fellow rivet head Zakk (James Blake). Brodie also
makes a couple of friends at school, Dion (Sam Berkley) and Giles (Daniel
Cresswell), a pair of role playing game aficionados who aren’t exactly at the
top of the social hierarchy. Brodie also
takes notice of his cousin’s girlfriend Medina (Kimberly Crossman), but figures
he doesn’t stand a chance with her.
